levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Meaning

Noun

• A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.

Origin

• Borrowed from New Latin levātor labium ("superiōris [[āla").